iPhone 13 Pro Max Which storage option?

[Casey05]

Currently at 12 pro max 128 gb. I’ve used about 70 gb on my phone now. Upgrading to iPhone 13 pro max and debating between 128gb vs 256gb. Any thoughts? What’s the recommendations as far as free space to keep on phone?

 

[coolieza]

256, for sure.

 

[StaceyMJ86]

256GB to be on the safe side and more so if you decide to keep it past 1 year.

 

[penrua]

I have a 128GB XR with just under 50GB used. I'm going to go for the 256GB. I'm spending so much on a phone, why not go all out. Plus with all the new camera tech I'm figuring they will take up more space.

 

[StumpyBloke]

Currently at 12 pro max 128 gb. I’ve used about 70 gb on my phone now. Upgrading to iPhone 13 pro max and debating between 128gb vs 256gb. Any thoughts? What’s the recommendations as far as free space to keep on phone?

If you want to use the Pro Res video recording at 4K then you have to get 256GB capacity or bigger so bear that in mind. Apple have put in a software limitation for 1080p on the 128 GB capacity.

 

[mb91]

Going with 256GB as I want to be able to use ProRes at 4K and I also plan on keeping the 13P for 3 years.

 

[ericwn]

With you using only half the available storage you have a good idea of what you will add during the next year.
As you seem to be a person who updates yearly, what makes you think you’ll use the storage differently to make use of a higher storage tier?

 

[GloriousAndrew]

All depends on what you do with your phone and what you plan to do in the future. Normally I would say 128GB, but with that new and better camera and the addition of downloading high res lossless audio from Spotify and Apple Music, files are getting bigger and bigger. Worrying about having to delete stuff to make room for new things really blows.

 

[karmamule]

In this case storage affects available options for video recording so even if you don't normally use that much, it can be a compelling reason to get more storage if that matters to you.

 

[karmamule]

All depends on what you do with your phone and what you plan to do in the future. Normally I would say 128GB, but with that new and better camera and the addition of downloading high res lossless audio from Spotify and Apple Music, files are getting bigger and bigger. Worrying about having to delete stuff to make room for new things really blows.

As someone who also owns a PS5 I know that pain ever so well.

 

[yashz]

I was torn between 256 vs 512…currently used 136 of 256 on 12PM…went with 256 for now as I don’t regularly shoot videos…but kinda doubting my decision now…

 

[gimmmick]

256 gig is plenty for me. We also share 2tb of iCloud space each month so I feel like this is enough breathing room.

 

[CooKieMoNs7eR]

128GB for me, I upgrade every year so next year they’ll most likely make 256 the base model and then I’ll get that.

 

[skaertus]

I would recommend 256 GB. If you already use 70 GB on your current phone, a new one with 128 GB may leave you with too little free space in the future (especially if you decide to keep the new phone for longer than one year).

 

[dmx]

I went with 128. I use iCloud for everything so no point in 256 because I don’t plan on using proRes

 

[GloriousAndrew]

As someone who also owns a PS5 I know that pain ever so well.

I feel your pain on that one. Games are too damn big as well.

 

[adam1080]

Slightly regretting not getting the 1TB…

have about 300GB on my phone right now, so I figured another 512GB would be fine.

 

[adamjackson]

256 for most, 512 for some and 1TB for insane people. iCloud 2TB is what our household has so we don't need more than 256GB but my extreme use case is I'll take 1-2 week trips off road out into the woods and I produce Youtube content so I can't upload to iCloud and have a large music library on device so I did 1TB just like my MacBook Pro and iPad are 1 and 2TB respectively. Local storage is huge.

 

[George Dawes]

256 , with app offload and icloud god knows why most users would need anything more , 1tb - on a phone ? !!!!?

 

[pshufd]

128. I would have been fine with 64 but that's not an option. I've moved a lot to my NAS which means less storage needed on my devices.

 

[kp98077]

128 has been fine for me I only use about 50 for some reason even tho I have 25,000 photos, guess they must be on the could lol!

 

[rhaatou]

I upgrade every year. Used to have 256 on the 11Pro was using about 110. Thought I’d be fine on the 128. I wasn’t, phone was constantly offloading apps, no music would ever be stored locally. It was a royal pain. I have 733 videos, 88k photos, 247 apps and 2TB of iCloud storage.

I’ve pre-ordered the 256 but really wondering if I should have gone for the 512 because of lossless audio and ProRes (not that I really expect to use ProRes regularly).

 

[uller6]

I have a 128 12, upgrading to the 512 13 mini.

 

[Alex797]

I usually go with 256GB, but last year I upgraded to 512GB and it’s been great having all that extra space if needed. I was tempted by the 1TB version as I have on my iPad Pro, but I honestly don’t think I’ll need it this time round even with over 20K of photos and lossless audio as I tend to download and watch videos on my iPad for the bigger screen and use my iPhone as a music player

 

[MyPhone99]

Currently at 12 pro max 128 gb. I’ve used about 70 gb on my phone now. Upgrading to iPhone 13 pro max and debating between 128gb vs 256gb. Any thoughts? What’s the recommendations as far as free space to keep on phone?

you are upgrading from 12 PM 128GB and you used 70GB of your storage . So if you continue to upgrade to Iphone 14 next year then answer for your question is a no brainer. BUt if you plan to keep your phone for more than an year then you can get 256GB or even more depending on how long you plan to keep that phone